Colors don't display in body of Office documents - Excel, Powerpoint, Word,
Internet Explorer, like "Pure Black and White" is turned on, but it doesn't
apply.

Fill option achieves nothing.

Color does display to subsequent recipients of email attachment.

If the high contrast setting is turned on you won't see the fill colour.
There's information in the following MSKB article:

The fill color, the fill pattern, or the line color of a WordArt or
AutoShape object in an Office document does not change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833258


Jerry wrote:
Colors don't display in body of Office documents - Excel, Powerpoint, Word,
Internet Explorer, like "Pure Black and White" is turned on, but it doesn't
apply.

Fill option achieves nothing.

Color does display to subsequent recipients of email attachment.


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
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